Track-liner.



o'. M. KIPP.

TRACK LINER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.13, 1912.

1,061,243. Patented May 6, 1913.

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Shown? CHARLES M. KIP?, 0F MRYBVILLE, CALIFORNIA Tanon-LINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1913.

Application led December `13, 1812. i Serial No. 736,549.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES M. Kiri, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mar sville, in the county of Yuba and State of alifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TracktLiners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in track liners.

Railroad tracks will continually get out of alinement which causes the cars to swing when passing thereover. Heretofore to straighten these tracks a force of from six to ten men have been found necessary when lining bars were used which rendered the work expensive and itis to avoid this expense that. this device is designed.

@ne object of the invention is to provide l a device of this character which may be readily applied to a railway rail without removing or disturbing the ballast and by means o which the portion ofthe track tween the bearing portions of said device may be readily brought into linel by a comparatively small force of men. i

Another object is to provide a track linerl which ma also be used as a rail bending and straig tening device and which will be simple strong and durable in construction, eiiicient and reliable in operation and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. I

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully de-v scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a. plan View of a portion of a railway track showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is a side view thereof with the operating levers of the device removed; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View through the rail and the rail straightening or track alining device applied thereto and illust-rating the .manner in which the outer portion of the device is supported; Fig. 4 is a detail view of the pawl for locking the'cable winding roller against retrograde movement.

My improved track liner comprises a pair of brace bars 1 which may be of any suitable construction but which are preferably in the form of heavy wooden beams which are arranged oblique to the rail and which `h'ave their outer en s secured in sockets 2 formed on a roller sup ortin frame 3. The brace bars 1 diverge rom t e frame 3 and are connected intermediate their ends by a connecting bar 4, the ends of which are pref erably secured to the bars 1 by connecting lates 5. as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the rawings.

Hinged to the inner sdeof the bar 4 near its en s are short rail engaging bars `or blocks 6 which when swung outwardly to operative positions are disposed between and have their ends en aged with the bar'4 and with the rail as s own. The blocks 6 are held in operative position by hooks 7 which are loosely connected with the blocks and are adapted to be engigrd with eyes 8 arranged on the plates 5. en not in use the bars or blocks 6 are ada ted to be folded back against the bar 4 an to be held in this position by means of hooks 9 Whichare en ged with eyes 10 arranged on the bars as s own. On the roller su portingframe 3 are outare revolubly mounted trunnions 13 of a cable winding roller 14. The outer ends of the trunnions 13 of the roller 14 are squared to receive operating levers 15 which are dew tachably engaged with the trunnions ofthe roller whereby the latter may be turned in the proper direction. Fixed on one of the trunnions 13 of the roller is a ratchet gear 16 with which is adapted to be engaged a suitable locking pawl 17 pivotally mounted on the frame 3 whereby the shaft 14 is locked against retrograde movement. Secured at one end to the roller 14 in an suit-able manner is a rail engaging cabe 18 which is preferably formed of steel and is connected at its outer end to a rail engaging hook 19.

In order to support the outer end of the device in an operative position I provide a rest 20 comprising a yoke sha ed frame, the side members of which are ormed in sections, one of which is pivotall secured to the lugs 11 and -the other o which has formed therein a slot 21 adapted to receive a clamping bolt 22 whereby the sections of said side bars are adjustably fastened to-` gether to permit the rest to be extended or shortened to engage the ballast or ground alongside the track and to thereby support the device in a horizontal position. When not in use the rest 20 is adapted to be swung 'Wardly extending caring lugs 11 in which I l scribed. After the brace bars have beenl upwardly into engagementwith a spring catch 23 secured to the frame 3 the outer member having first been moved inwardly to its extreme limit vafter the bolts 22 have been loosened. I

In the operation of the device the ends of the brace bars 1 are engaged with the side of the web of the rail which is securedto all of. the ties and if desired the short brace bars 6 may also be swung outwardly and fastened inoperative positions in the manner de-y thus engaged -with the rail the hook 19 is passed beneath the rail and engaged with the flange thereof on the opposite side of the rail from that with which the brace bars are engaged. The' rest 20 is now swungl down and1 adjusted to support the Iouter end of the device. After being thus arranged the' levers 15 are engaged withl the squaredv ends ofthe trunnions 13 and' swung inwardly and downwardly thereby turning the roller 14 in the proper direction for winding the cable 18thereon and thereby easily pulling the track betweenA the outerl or diver ed ends of bars 1 into li both'i.-rails and ties being moved thereby.

ratchet connection for the roller 14 the same may be held against retrograde movement when the levers are disengaged from" and again engaged with the trunnions for further turning of the roller. K l

By constructing and arranging my 4iinproved device as herein shown `and described a maximum amount of' power may be ap-l plied to the rail through the cable 18 and" the brace bars applied thereto, thereby enabling a rail to be bentor straightened by the least amount of labor or to pull the track including rails and ties into line, and with the employment of a comparatively small force of operators and without disturbing the roadbed or ballast.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood with.-

l out requiring a more extended explanation.

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Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe principle or sacrificin any of the advantages of the invention as c aimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: 1

1. In a track liner, a roller supporting frame, brace bars secured at one en said frame and having diverging opposite ends adapted to be en' ged with a rail, a connecting bar secure at its ends to 'said brace bars, short bracing bars hin edly attached to said connectin bar and ad be swung outwardly an inwardly to operative and inoperative positions, means to hold said short bars in their operativeand dto.

apted to inoperative positions a cable winding roller revolubly jmounted in said roller supporting frame, a cablel adapted to be' wound, thereon, a rail enga 'ng hook securedv to the outer end of said ca le, and roller operating levers adapted to bev operativel frame, a cable secured to and 'adaptedfto be wound. on said. roller, rail engaging means secured to said. cable, and means to revolve i said roller for winding said cable.

InA testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit-4 IleSSBS.

CHARLES M. nner;I

Witnesses:

C. F. AARON, I-I. P. Haras.

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